• 1984 Apple Computer Inc unveils its revolutionary Macintosh personal computer

• 1857 University of Calcutta founded as the first full-fledged university in South Asia
• 1899 Rubber heel for boots or shoes patented by American Humphrey O’Sullivan
• 2011 “21” second studio album by Adele is released (Grammy Award for Album of the Year 2012, Brit Award for British Album of the Year, 2011 Billboard Album of the Year)

former US Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar sentenced up to 175 years in prison after being found guilty of molesting over 150 girls (2018)

• A birthday for 1862 Edith Wharton [-Jones], Pulitzer prize-winning novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth), born in NYC, New York (d. 1937) and in 1941 Neil Diamond, American singer–songwriter(“Sweet Caroline”; “I’m A Believer”), born in Brooklyn, New York

And… Central Coast Chronicle Founder, Brooke Simmons